John · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
John 16 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ταύτα ελάλησα προς εσάς διά να μη σκανδαλισθήτε.
1 “I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
2 Θέλουσι σας κάμει αποσυναγώγους· μάλιστα έρχεται ώρα, καθ' ην πας όστις σας θανατώση θέλει νομίσει ότι προσφέρει λατρείαν εις τον Θεόν.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
3 Και ταύτα θέλουσι σας κάμει, διότι δεν εγνώρισαν τον Πατέρα ουδέ εμέ.
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
4 Αλλά ταύτα είπον προς εσάς διά να ενθυμήσθε αυτά, όταν έλθη η ώρα, ότι εγώ είπον προς εσάς. Δεν είπον δε ταύτα προς εσάς εξ αρχής, διότι ήμην μεθ' υμών.
4 But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
5 Τώρα δε υπάγω προς τον πέμψαντά με, και ουδείς εξ υμών με ερωτά· Που υπάγεις;
5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
6 Αλλ' επειδή ελάλησα προς εσάς ταύτα, η λύπη εγέμισε την καρδίαν σας.
6 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
7 Εγώ όμως την αλήθειαν σας λέγω· συμφέρει εις εσάς να απέλθω εγώ. Διότι εάν δεν απέλθω, ο Παράκλητος δεν θέλει ελθεί προς εσάς· αλλ' αφού απέλθω, θέλω πέμψει αυτόν προς εσάς·
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8 και ελθών εκείνος θέλει ελέγξει τον κόσμον περί αμαρτίας και περί δικαιοσύνης και περί κρίσεως·
8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
9 περί αμαρτίας μεν, διότι δεν πιστεύουσιν εις εμέ·
9 about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
10 περί δικαιοσύνης δε, διότι υπάγω προς τον Πατέρα μου και πλέον δεν με βλέπετε·
10 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
11 περί δε κρίσεως, διότι ο άρχων του κόσμου τούτου εκρίθη.
11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
12 Έτι πολλά έχω να είπω προς εσάς, δεν δύνασθε όμως τώρα να βαστάζητε αυτά.
12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
13 Όταν δε έλθη εκείνος, το Πνεύμα της αληθείας, θέλει σας οδηγήσει εις πάσαν την αλήθειαν· διότι δεν θέλει λαλήσει αφ' εαυτού, αλλ' όσα αν ακούση θέλει λαλήσει, και θέλει σας αναγγείλει τα μέλλοντα.
13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
14 Εκείνος θέλει δοξάσει εμέ, διότι εκ του εμού θέλει λάβει και αναγγείλει προς εσάς.
14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
15 Πάντα όσα έχει ο Πατήρ, εμού είναι· διά τούτο είπον ότι εκ του εμού θέλει λάβει και αναγγείλει προς εσάς.
15 All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
16 Ολίγον έτι και δεν με βλέπετε, και πάλιν ολίγον και θέλετε με ιδεί, διότι εγώ υπάγω προς τον Πατέρα.
16 “A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
17 Τότε τινές εκ των μαθητών αυτού είπον προς αλλήλους· Τι είναι τούτο, το οποίον μας λέγει, Ολίγον και δεν με βλέπετε, και πάλιν ολίγον και θέλετε με ιδεί, και, Ότι εγώ υπάγω προς τον Πατέρα;
17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
18 Έλεγον λοιπόν· Τούτο τι είναι, το οποίον λέγει το ολίγον; Δεν εξεύρομεν τι λαλεί.
18 They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
19 Ενόησε λοιπόν ο Ιησούς ότι ήθελον να ερωτήσωσιν αυτόν, και είπε προς αυτούς· Περί τούτου συζητείτε μετ' αλλήλων ότι είπον, Ολίγον και δεν με βλέπετε, και πάλιν ολίγον και θέλετε με ιδεί;
19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
20 Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω ότι σεις θέλετε κλαύσει και θρηνήσει, ο δε κόσμος θέλει χαρή· και σεις θέλετε λυπηθή, η λύπη σας όμως θέλει μεταβληθή εις χαράν.
20 Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21 Η γυνή όταν γεννά, λύπην έχει, διότι ήλθεν ώρα αυτής· αφού όμως γεννήση το παιδίον, δεν ενθυμείται πλέον την θλίψιν, διά την χαράν ότι εγεννήθη άνθρωπος εις τον κόσμον.
21 A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
22 Και σεις λοιπόν τώρα μεν έχετε λύπην· πάλιν όμως θέλω σας ιδεί, και θέλει χαρή η καρδία σας, και την χαράν σας ουδείς αφαιρεί από σας.
22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
23 Και εν εκείνη τη ημέρα δεν θέλετε ζητήσει παρ' εμού ουδέν. Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω ότι όσα αν αιτήσητε παρά του Πατρός εν τω ονόματί μου, θέλει σας δώσει.
23 “In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24 Έως τώρα δεν ητήσατε ουδέν εν τω ονόματί μου· αιτείτε και θέλετε λαμβάνει, διά να ήναι πλήρης η χαρά σας.
24 Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
25 Ταύτα διά παροιμιών ελάλησα προς εσάς· αλλ' έρχεται ώρα, ότε δεν θέλω σας λαλήσει πλέον διά παροιμιών, αλλά παρρησία θέλω σας αναγγείλει περί του Πατρός.
25 “I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 Εν εκείνη τη ημέρα θέλετε ζητήσει εν τω ονόματί μου· και δεν σας λέγω ότι εγώ θέλω παρακαλέσει τον Πατέρα περί υμών·
26 In that day you will ask in my name; and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
27 διότι αυτός ο Πατήρ σας αγαπά, επειδή σεις ηγαπήσατε εμέ και επιστεύσατε ότι εγώ παρά του Θεού εξήλθον.
27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
28 Εξήλθον παρά του Πατρός και ήλθον εις τον κόσμον· πάλιν αφίνω τον κόσμον και υπάγω προς τον Πατέρα.
28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
29 Λέγουσι προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού· Ιδού, τώρα παρρησία λαλείς και, ουδεμίαν παροιμίαν λέγεις.
29 His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
30 Τώρα γνωρίζομεν ότι εξεύρεις πάντα και δεν έχεις χρείαν να σε ερωτά τις. Εκ τούτου πιστεύομεν ότι από Θεού εξήλθες.
30 Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”
31 Απεκρίθη προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Τώρα πιστεύετε;
31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
32 Ιδού, έρχεται ώρα, και ήδη ήλθε, να σκορπισθήτε έκαστος εις τα ίδια και να αφήσητε εμέ μόνον· αλλά δεν είμαι μόνος, διότι ο Πατήρ είναι μετ' εμού.
32 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 Ταύτα ελάλησα προς εσάς, διά να έχητε ειρήνην εν εμοί. Εν τω κόσμω θέλετε έχει θλίψιν· αλλά θαρσείτε, εγώ ενίκησα τον κόσμον.
33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 2:8; Matthew 13:21; Matthew 26:31–33; John 15:18–27; Matthew 24:10
- 2 John 9:22; Acts 26:9–11; Romans 10:2–3; Acts 22:3–4; Matthew 10:28
- 3 John 15:21; John 17:25; John 8:19; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
- 4 John 14:29; Mark 13:23; John 13:19; John 17:12–13; Matthew 9:15
- 5 John 13:36; John 7:33; John 16:28; Ephesians 4:7–11; John 14:4–6
- 6 Luke 24:17; John 20:11–15; Luke 22:45; John 16:20–22; John 14:1
- 7 John 14:26; John 14:16–17; John 15:26; Acts 2:33; John 7:39
- 8 Jude 15; Acts 2:37; Zechariah 12:10; Acts 16:29–30; John 8:9
- 9 John 15:22–25; John 12:47–48; John 8:23–24; Mark 16:16; Hebrews 3:12
- 10 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18; Romans 10:3–4; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 11 John 12:31; 1 John 3:8; Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:14; John 14:30
- 12 Mark 4:33; John 15:15; 1 Corinthians 3:1–2; Acts 1:3; Hebrews 5:11–14
- 13 John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10–13; John 14:17; John 15:26; 1 John 2:27
- 14 1 John 4:13–14; 2 Corinthians 3:14–18; John 15:26; Revelation 19:10; 1 Corinthians 12:3
- 15 John 17:10; Matthew 11:27; John 3:35; Luke 10:22; Colossians 1:19
- 16 John 7:33; Acts 10:40–41; John 16:22; John 14:18–24; John 16:28
- 17 John 16:16; Mark 9:32; John 16:5; John 14:5; John 16:19
- 18 Luke 24:25; Hebrews 5:12; Matthew 16:9–11
- 19 John 14:19; John 16:16; John 16:30; John 13:33; Hebrews 4:13
- 20 James 1:2; Matthew 5:4; Revelation 7:14–17; Psalm 126:5–6; Mark 16:10
- 21 Isaiah 13:8; Psalm 113:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 30:6–7; Isaiah 26:16–18
- 22 1 Peter 1:8; Acts 13:52; John 16:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 Peter 4:13–14
- 23 John 15:7; John 14:13–14; Matthew 21:22; Isaiah 65:24; 1 John 5:14–16
- 24 Matthew 7:7–8; James 4:2–3; John 15:11; John 16:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
- 25 John 16:12; Mark 4:13; John 10:6; John 16:28–29; Matthew 13:34–35
- 26 Romans 8:34; John 17:9; John 17:24; John 17:19; John 16:23
- 27 John 14:23; John 14:21; John 17:23; John 8:42; 1 John 4:19
- 28 John 13:1; John 13:3; John 8:14; John 14:28; John 17:5
- 29 John 16:25
- 30 John 21:17; John 17:8; Hebrews 4:13; John 16:17; John 16:27–28
- 31 Luke 9:44–45; John 13:38
- 32 Zechariah 13:7; Matthew 26:31; John 8:29; Mark 14:27; John 8:16
- 33 John 14:27; 1 John 5:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; 1 John 4:4; Philippians 4:7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The medicine for all the wounds of the soul, and the one propitiation for the offences of men, is to believe on Christ; nor can any one be cleansed at all, whether from original sin which he derived from Adam, in whom all men have sinned, and become by nature children of wrath; or from the sins which they have …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Great is the tyranny of despondency, and much courage do we need so as to stand manfully against the feeling, and after gathering from it what is useful, to let the superfluous go.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… under their feet, and turn again and rend you." For the Lord Himself, although He never told a lie, yet showed that He was concealing certain truths, when He said, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." And the Apostle Paul, too, says: "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For, saith He, "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;" and, "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread;" and, "In the world ye shall have tribulation." But of our state there, no such word at all is spoken, but all the contrary; that "grief and sorrow and sighing have fled away." And that "men shall come …
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